operations 101: photo tour of m&sw rr

Operations 101:Photo Tour of M&Sw RR

Photos byTom Crosthwait, President,

Mogollon & Southwestern RR

Editing byFred Bock, MMR

Chief Dispatcher, M&Sw RR

Tom Crosthwait, Owner & President

Fred Bock,Chief Dispatcher

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Photo Tourof the

Mogollon & SouthwesternRailroad

(photos run North to South)

Flagstaff

Globe

• Flagstaff (staging)

• Clarke Valley• Ayer’s Jct

• Mary Lake• Champion

• Lavender Mine• Happy Jack

Clarke Valley Lumber Co.

Clarke Valley Lumber Co.

“the Loop”

CVLCo Runaround

ATSF Runaround M&Sw

Runaround

Ayers Junction

Ayers Junction

ATSFInterchange

Track #3(double-ended spur)

M&Sw Main & Utility

RunaroundTrack #2

Ayers Jct Siding

Track #1

House Track(spur)

CVLCo Runaround

Industry/ Team Track (spur)

Ayer’s Junction Depot & House Track

Ayer’s Junction & ATSF Interchange

Ayer’s Junction & ATSF Interchange

ATSFInterchange

(double-ended spur)

Industry/ Team Track

(spur)

ATSF NW to Flagstaff

M&Sw South to Globe

Tk 1

Tk 2

Tk 3

Bill Eubanks’ Place

Mary Lake – Lodge & Team Track

Team Track (spur)

Main Track #1

Siding Track #2

Team Track Switchstand

Short Freight Passing Mary Lake Depot(southbound)

Southbound from Mary Lake

Old Coal Tipple – South Mary Lake

MOW Track (spur)

Siding Track #2

Main Track #1

MOW Track Switchstand

Siding Switchstand

Leaving Boos’ Coal Tipple (northbound)

Champion (telephone)

Mormons’ Creek

Lavender Mine

Mine Spur

Happy Jack Control PanelHappy Jack Control Panel

Runaround #1

Runaround #2

TurningWye

Happy Jack (major mining district)

Happy Jack (major mining district)

Mine Spur

Chemical Track (spur)

Freight Track (spur)

Main Track #1

Siding Track #2

Drill Track #3

House Track

(double-ended spur)

• East Verde Canyon

• Strawberry

• Payson• Meander Mine

• Crusher• Arizona

Southern Jct.

• Miami• Globe

East Verde River Canyon

Strawberry, AZ

Ferrocarrildel Pacificopool power

train climbing northbound.

Strawberry (water stop)

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Tunnel No. 3

Tunnel No. 2

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Team TrackExpressTrack

Kohl Cattle Co.

KohlFeed

&Grain

MeanderMine

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KT

PF

ESP

D&

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RPO

Payson, AZ and Meander Mine

Runaround

Payson – KohlCattle Company

(spur)

Payson – Depot &Team Track (spur)

Meander Mine(2 mine spurs)

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ZingerleBridge

Gila Lumber Co.

CutterFlourMill

San CarlosPacking Co.

BockPerlite

loading

bagginghouse

Team Track

“Ore House”(Crusher)

(to Payson)

(to Glob

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M&

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FR

DP

FE

SP

PFE

CB

&Q

Freight House

AZS Interchange,Arizona Southern RR.

M&Sw main

(to Nogales)

Miami, AZ & Arizona Southern Jct.

ASARCO Ore Crusher & Exchange.

AZS Main

M&Sw Main

M&Sw Main

ASARCO Pocket Track

Raw Ore Spurs

(in)

Crushed Ore (out)

Arizona Southern RRJunction & Interchange

Miami, Arizona

SpursSpursSpursSpurs

San Carlos Packing Company,Miami, Arizona

Cutter Flour Mill,Miami, Arizona

Bock Perlite Company,Miami, Arizona

Globe, Arizona Industrial District

& ASARCO Smelter

Salt River Grain,Globe, Arizona

Globe Yard, Engine Facilities, & Caboose Track

Globe Yard, Engine Facilities, & Caboose Track

Fuel/Sand Spur #5Fuel/Sand Spur #5

Globe Industries Departure Track #2

Globe Industries Departure Track #2

Local FreightsDeparture Track #3

Local FreightsDeparture Track #3

Thru FreightsDeparture Track #4

Thru FreightsDeparture Track #4

Arrival Track #1Arrival Track #1

Loco Ready Track #6Loco Ready Track #6

Caboose Track #7Caboose Track #7

Sonoran Desert, South of Globe, Arizona